MENSTRUATION MATTERS

Via Tracy Clark-Flory at Broadsheet, I learned of this new internet campaign from Stayfree. At last, my girlish fantasies realized! I have always dreamed of a man who would have dinner almost ready when I got home, and then mansplain the intricacies of feminine hygiene products while the risotto simmered. Except I grew up in the 1970s, so my...

Longtime readers may recall that late last year, the New York Times published an essay about how hard Big Pharma has worked to market menopause as an estrogen deficiency disease. Despite that exposé and others of the well-documented risks and limited benefits of hormone therapy, plus thousands of lawsuits pending over the role of HT in breast cancer, there’s...

The abundance of recommendations for this week makes up for the sparseness of last week’s list! Linda Falcao of Moms Rising publishes the letter she didn’t send to Wells Fargo, when they demanded a status report of uterine contents before issuing a mortgage. Robin Marty reports on a Utah state legislator’s proposal to save money by deny epidurals for any...

Step 1: Wash your vulva. Yep, you’re a lady, so step 1 in asking your boss for a raise is washing your ladyparts with special ladysoap. It’s not until step 8 that we get around to “focus on things you’ve done for the company’s bottom line”. (Actual advertisement from actual ladymag.) [via Trixie Films] ETA 08/27/2010: Via the always-awesome...

The lovely ladies of LunaPads have made a sweet little video that explains why you should make the switch from paper products to cloth pads – in less than 90 seconds! If you’ve already made the switch, this is an easy way to persuade your friends. You can email it, Tweet, share it on Facebook, heck, cue it up on...

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We are researchers in the social sciences, the natural sciences and the humanities, health care providers, policy makers, health activists, artists and students from a wide range of fields with interests in the role of menstrual and ovulatory health across the life span.